Forensic Analysis · General / Diversified · as of Jun 27, 2026

OXFORD INDUSTRIES INC (OXM)

A forensic read on OXFORD INDUSTRIES INC built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Grey Zone

Financial health

1.4

Altman Z-score

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

-7.2%

ROE

$535M

Market cap

7.39%

Dividend yield

OXFORD INDUSTRIES INC earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 1.4, placing it in the Grey zone. 5 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

-2%Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is -2% and slipping from 18% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.

1% of revStock-based comp load. Stock-based compensation ran 1% of revenue and 139% of free cash flow in FY2026 — about $1.05 per diluted share. Heavy — a large slice of 'free cash flow' is really being paid out in stock, so the true owner cash per share is well below the headline.

$144MGoodwill impairments. Took $144M of goodwill writedowns across 3 year(s) (FY2021 ($43M), FY2024 ($99M), FY2026 ($2M)) — about 44% of net income over the span. A large writedown means an acquisition turned out worth far less than was paid — a real mark against M&A discipline.

861% of FCFShareholder returns. Returned $97M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2026 — 861% of free cash flow, but 81% of operating cash flow. Returns run ahead of free cash flow because the business is also funding heavy growth capex (usually debt-financed); the payout itself is covered by operating cash — sustainable as long as that spending is genuine expansion, not upkeep.

-33%Dividend — cut. The payout was CUT ~33% in FY2021 (from FY2020). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies — weigh the cut when judging reliability.

Key fundamentals

Net Margin-1.9%

Debt / Equity0.23x

Free Cash Flow$11.3M

Latest Revenue$1.48B

Return on Equity-5.4%

Revenue Growth YoY-2.6%

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Jun 27, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.